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Observations on the nature, position and organs of attachment, the sucking organs, the alimentary canal and histopathology are recorded in the case of Pseudocycnus armatus (Bassett-Smith) parasitic on Indocybium guttatum (Bolch & Schn.) occurring along the South-West coast of India.
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Natarajan, P., Nair, N.B. Observations on Pseudocycnus armatus (Bassett-Smith) parasitic on Indocybiuw guttatum (Bloch and Schn.). Hydrobiologia 40, 69–76 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123593
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